The voluntary simple life, chosen in order to have leisure for interesting pursuits, has much to recommend it, and no doubt many of the rich spend more on the acquisition of material possessions than they would if they pursued happiness wisely.
Source: "On vicarious asceticism" [From: Mortals and Others: Bertrand Russell's American Essays, 1931-1935, v.1 (1975)]
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